Two members of a neo-Christian sect were allegedly beaten a Hindu radical group when they prayed over a sick person in a village near Chatra town in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Persecution Relief reported August 26.

One Lakhan, a member of the Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS), on August 22 took preachers Sanjeet and Siddharth to Kharik, a village around 7 km from Chatra, to pray for his relative Ramdev, who has been sick for one and half years.

When the two missionaries were praying for Ramdev and his family, a group of Bajrang Dal members came 11 am and took them out.

The Hindu radicals then started beating the two Christian preachers with sticks and kicked them.

Sanjeet was injured in his head, back, hands, and legs. Siddharth’s left hand and thigh too sustained injuries. Sanjeet now has difficulty in hearing.